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Table 2 Characteristics and risk factors of all patients

From: Complications in the first week after stroke: a 10-year comparison

 

2003 cohort (n = 489)

2013 cohort (n = 185)

p-value

Women, n (%)a

256 (52.4)

88 (47.6)

0.268

Age, mean (SD)b

77.2 (10.2)

76.9 (8.51)

0.455

Infarction, n (%)a

443 (90.6)

161 (87.0)

0.176

Hemorrhage, n (%)a

46 (9.4)

24 (13.0)

0.176

Scandinavian Stroke Scale, mean (SD)b

39.5 (16.8)

37.0 (16.40)

0.011

Days hospital stay, mean (SD)b

15 (11.44)

8.5 (8.07)

<0.001

Days hospital stay, medianb

12

6

 

Risk factors, n (%)a

 Transitory ischemic attack

57 (11.7)

26 (14.1)

0.398

 Previous stroke

108 (22.1)

45 (24.3)

0.536

 Angina pectoris

86 (17.6)

25 (13.5)

0.200

 Myocardial infarction

71 (14.5)

34 (18.4)

0.218

 Atrial fibrillation

102 (20.9)

49 (26.5)

0.118

 Diabetes

72 (14.7)

28 (15.1)

0.893

 Medical treatment for hypertension

190 (38.9)

107 (57.8)

<0.001

 Thrombolysisc

0

30 (18.6)

<0.001

  1. aPearson chi-squared test was used for comparing dichotomous variables
  2. bMann Whitney U-test was applied on the continuous data
  3. cProportion of patients treated with thrombolysis of all patients with infarction